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Manuscript

About 1880, in pencil on the inside of a telegram envelope addressed to "Vinnie Dickinson | Care Judge Lord" (a 193/194). The poem beginning "It came his turn to beg" was set down subsequently on the same envelope.

Notes

About 1880, in pencil on the inside of a telegram envelope addressed to "Vinnie Dickinson | Care Judge Lord" (a193/194). The poem beginning "It came his turn to beg" was set down subsequently on the same envelope.

F1519A - It came his turn to beg

It came his turn to beg -
The begging for the life
Is different from another Alms
'Tis Penury in Chief -
I scanned his narrow Realm
I gave him leave to live
Lest Gratitude revive the snake
Though - smuggled my - Reprieve

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Manuscript

About 1880, in pencil on the inside of a telegram envelope addressed to "Vinnie Dickinson | Care Judge Lord" (a 193/194). On the same envelope, recorded previously, is the poem "Glass was the street in tinsel peril."

Notes

About 1880, in pencil on the inside of a telegram envelope addressed to "Vinnie Dickinson | Care Judge Lord" (a193/194). On the same envelope, recorded previously, is the poem "Glass was the street in tinsel peril."